Never say never

I've never been particularly intrigued by the idea of getting my comics digitally because I like paper. I like to hold the comics in my hands and turn the pages. I like getting a nice box of comics once a month, sorting out the kids' books and handing them over, and taking out the two or three titles I most want to read and putting them at the top of the stack. I like all those physical aspects of comic reading.

So, although I've seen some good cost-based and storage-based arguments in favor of digital comics, I've never seriously considered the possibility, much less wished I could get them like that. I haven't seen anything presented as a potential of digital comics that got me excited.

But there is something that could.

I'm middle-aged, and I've got poor eyesight. It isn't getting any better. It can't be corrected much more than it is right now. I can read my comics all right (with the occasional exception of some particularly small-fonted captioning), but I am concerned that, someday, that may not be the case.

And that's where, possibly, digital comics might come in. If it ever comes to a point where it's hard to read my on-paper comics, it might be that I can continue my hobby by changing over to digital--because, presumably, with digital you can zoom images.

That would be a selling point for me, certainly, but considering the aging of comic fandom I'm guessing I wouldn't be the only one.